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“Julie Dumont is hoping to raise money for charity standing on her head. The Cardiff University PhD student has pledged to do a handstand a day for a year raising money to build a playground in Uganda after taking part in a similar initiative in February. It started when Julie joined a couple from Australia in doing a handstand a day throughout February. ‘Whilst I was doing them people would say, ‘That’s great you should do it for a year,’ said Julie, 26, who is studying to become a doctor in neuroscience. ‘My response was, ‘Are you insane?’ Then February ended and I was like, ‘Great, now what?’ so I decided to do them for a year and raise money for a cause.” w/ photos

“Dogs are compelled to yawn if they hear their owners do the same, according to a new study. Researchers claimed that dogs responded to an audio cue such as a yawn even if they didn’t see the action taking place. The study found this was particularly noticeable when the dogs were listening to the yawns of people they knew. Scientists suggested the findings, presented at the National Ethology Congress in Lisbon, showed canines had empathy to human behaviors. “These results suggest that dogs have the capacity to empathize with humans,” said lead author Karine Silva, from the University of Porto, Portugal.” w/ photo